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Meet the man who's making waves with advocacy for bitcoin in Japan

In charge of Japan's bitcoin policy, Mr Fukuda says when he tries to tell voters back home in Yokohama about his new portfolio, the response is usually: "Huh?"

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Tokyo

THE man who single-handedly made Japan an oasis for bitcoin entrepreneurs was holding court with political supporters. The price of admission: US$83.75. Squeezed into a tiny private room at a Chinese restaurant not far from Tokyo's capitol hill, Mineyuki Fukuda was at the head of...